Tim Covellhttps://covell.ca
East Coast Writer, Freelance Editor, and Film Classification ResearcherTue, 22 May 2018 01:19:06 +0000en-CAhourly1https://wordpress.org/?v=4.9.685447049Where are you? Location on Websiteshttps://covell.ca/location/
https://covell.ca/location/#respondMon, 21 May 2018 02:37:11 +0000https://covell.ca/?p=1204If your website is promoting an online service (like this one), your location is not important. I’ll edit for anyone, anywhere. If your website is promoting a physical store, a service that requires in-person meeting, or a service in a specific area, your location is critical. The internet is a very big place, so it’s … Continue reading "Where are you? Location on Websites"

]]>https://covell.ca/location/feed/01204Outlook Calendar Sync Cheathttps://covell.ca/outlook-calendar-sync-cheat/
https://covell.ca/outlook-calendar-sync-cheat/#respondMon, 23 Apr 2018 18:15:36 +0000https://covell.ca/?p=1180If you use an online calendar, such as Google Calendar or iCloud Calendar, it’s easy to access your calendar from multiple devices. Even if you use multiple calendars, as long as they are all online, they can talk to each other and share events. It becomes challenging to share events when you use a calendar … Continue reading "Outlook Calendar Sync Cheat"

]]>https://covell.ca/outlook-calendar-sync-cheat/feed/01180Don’t Put All Your Eggs in One Baskethttps://covell.ca/dont-put-all-your-eggs-in-one-basket/
https://covell.ca/dont-put-all-your-eggs-in-one-basket/#respondMon, 02 Apr 2018 19:55:37 +0000http://covell.ca/?p=1148The Manitoba NDP recently decided to mark the Jewish holiday of Passover with a greeting and stock photo on their social media accounts. Unfortunately, the image used was a parent and child preparing challah bread. This is a bread often eaten on Jewish holidays, but never on Passover. Keeping track of religious dietary restrictions can … Continue reading "Don’t Put All Your Eggs in One Basket"

]]>https://covell.ca/dont-put-all-your-eggs-in-one-basket/feed/01148I’ve Said it Before, and I’ll Say it Again…https://covell.ca/ive-said-it-before-and-ill-say-it-again/
https://covell.ca/ive-said-it-before-and-ill-say-it-again/#respondThu, 26 Oct 2017 22:51:19 +0000http://covell.ca/?p=1044…please get a second reader. When I said it before, my concern was that you might go to all the work of writing and publishing a book, only to have poor sales and one star reviews. I’ve since discovered you can get five star reviews, even if those reviews include statements such as “there are … Continue reading "I’ve Said it Before, and I’ll Say it Again…"

]]>https://covell.ca/ive-said-it-before-and-ill-say-it-again/feed/01044Domain Nameshttps://covell.ca/domain-names/
https://covell.ca/domain-names/#commentsFri, 14 Jul 2017 02:10:44 +0000http://covell.ca/?p=1008Even if you do not have a website, if you have any online business or professional presence, you should have a domain name. You can have a website through services like WordPress.com with or without your own domain name, but having a domain name is inexpensive branding. A domain name allows you to move a … Continue reading "Domain Names"

]]>https://covell.ca/domain-names/feed/21008The Invisible Gorillahttps://covell.ca/the-invisible-gorilla/
https://covell.ca/the-invisible-gorilla/#respondMon, 22 May 2017 21:48:26 +0000http://covell.ca/?p=926I recently completed editing an academic textbook. This was a heavy copy edit, as well as reference checking and formatting. I made suggestions for the structure, requested some clarifications, proposed a few transition sentences, and even fixed spelling here and there. I was happy with the work, and so was the client. Having a little … Continue reading "The Invisible Gorilla"

]]>https://covell.ca/the-invisible-gorilla/feed/0926Selling on your WordPress.com sitehttps://covell.ca/selling-on-your-wordpress-com-site/
https://covell.ca/selling-on-your-wordpress-com-site/#respondMon, 22 May 2017 21:42:45 +0000http://covell.ca/?p=923If you use WordPress for your self-hosted web site, there are many plugins available to support marketing and selling your products. The free, or nearly free, WordPress.com service can also be used to promote a business, sell products, or request donations, but there are a few conditions. These are discussed below, and are largely summarized … Continue reading "Selling on your WordPress.com site"

]]>https://covell.ca/wordpress-bookmarks/feed/0916How to Fix a Facebook Sharehttps://covell.ca/how-to-fix-a-facebook-share/
https://covell.ca/how-to-fix-a-facebook-share/#respondMon, 22 May 2017 21:23:38 +0000http://covell.ca/?p=914You’ve finished a great blog entry. You share it to Facebook – and then realize there’s a typo in the headline, or you forgot to add an image. You cancel the Facebook share, fix the blog, update it, and share it to Facebook again. The headline still has a typo, or the image is still … Continue reading "How to Fix a Facebook Share"

]]>https://covell.ca/how-to-fix-a-facebook-share/feed/0914Please Get a Second Readerhttps://covell.ca/please-get-a-second-reader/
https://covell.ca/please-get-a-second-reader/#commentsMon, 22 May 2017 21:21:33 +0000http://covell.ca/?p=911I recently saw an interesting tweet from an author promoting her ebook. The pitch was good, so I clicked the link through to an Amazon page selling her book. The additional information there was promising, but the reviews were alarming. Just two, and both were one-star ratings. The reviewers complained of poor spelling and grammar. … Continue reading "Please Get a Second Reader"